baignoire

After introducing the perfectly square Santos face and the elliptical Baignoire, Louis Cartier sketched the prototype for the Tank watch, reminiscent of the boxy Renault FT-17s that crawled the battlefields of Europe during the First World War.

She appeared to be wearing a Cartier Baignoire Folle 18-carat white gold diamond timepiece that was estimated to cost more than £30,000.

Nigerian press described it as a Cartier Baignoire Folle 18-carat white gold diamond timepiece that was estimated to cost around $50,000 - more than £30,000 or about 10m Nigerian naira.

“Une Femme dans une Baignoire s’Epongeant la Jambe” by Degas, circa 1883.

That time my search was short: I saw her, alone, in a baignoire, leaning back a little.